Local nonprofits are helping an increased number of families and children with evictions, housing insecurity and homelessness handle their stress, anxiety, and depression.

The decision follows years of residents' grievances due to major losses caused by floods that they claim are a direct result of the county’s overdevelopment.

After deliberating for more than six months, the Office of Insurance Regulation posted its 17-page, final rate order on its website Thursday.

Officials said the ordinance serves health, safety, and welfare, and services to unhoused people. The ordinance doesn’t reflect that.

The proposal wants $590 million toward the My Safe Florida Home program and $30 million for the state's Condo Pilot Program.

Experts say the fear of arrest may cause unhoused people to refrain from giving out the information necessary to collect an accurate count.

At an Orlando press conference Wednesday, the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida and other activists explained the importance of continuing aid programs.

Organizations that depend on federal funds to pay staff and provide crucial services, such as housing support, medical treatment, and casework would be threatened by the order.

The ordinance is to expand the Coalition for the Homeless Men’s Service Center on Terry Avenue to include a women and children’s center.

Some nonprofits and officials opened emergency cold weather shelters Tuesday, ignoring the standard threshold of temperatures dipping below 40.

Central Florida will get cold temps from a winter storm that brought snow to northern parts of the state.

At a Senate committee, the Office of Insurance Regulation director said regulators are still making a decision.